New Delhi: PV Sindhu, ace shuttler, returned India two days after she became the first Indian woman to win two individual medals at the Olympics.
The Union Minister and the former sports minister, Kiren Rijiju, told her Park Tae-Sang, a south korean, “you have become a hero in India”.
Rijuju tweeted, “Welcome home India’s pride, double Olympic medalist. @Pvsindhu1. India’s proud daughter is back from Tokyo with an Olympic medal. She paid a couetesy visit to me.
I thanked her coach Mr Park, her parents, SAI and BAI for providing support in making her a champion(sic),”.
In another tweet, he posted a video speaking to PV Sindhu and thanking her coach. “thankyou so much for the great support. You have also become a hero. Every Indian knows you.” Rijiju tells Park Tae-Sang as he jokes with both of them.
“Indian women reigning at the Omlypics is proud moment for everyone”, PV Sindhu said on Tuesday, after her return. “It is definitely a proud moment for everyone, I wish them all the very best. Definitely, Indian sportswomen are doing very well and I also hope many more medals come” she told a news channel.
